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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things Kinesias feels Myrrhine should be ashamed of since she has left?
(a) Fighting the war.
(b) Leaving her child.
(c) Refusing her husband.
(d) Letting the house become untidy.

2. Lysistrata says that all the women have heard about what a _________ man Kinesias is.
(a) Stupid.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Big.

3. Who comes out of the Akropolis, drunk and belligerent when the door is pounded upon?
(a) Boiotia.
(b) Lampito.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) Myrrhine.

4. The person in the story from the Female Chorus still loves ____________.
(a) Women.
(b) Peace.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

5. Myrrhine says that she _________ Kinesias, but she also realizes that he does not love her.
(a) Loves.
(b) Misses.
(c) Understands.
(d) Wants.

6. After the prayer is finished, ________________ goes out of the scene.
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Kinesias.

7. The Commissioner orders the ____________ to move along, saying the Spartans need to pass.
(a) Romans.
(b) Women.
(c) Chorus.
(d) Children.

8. The male figure in the story goes out into the forest in order to avoid ____________.
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) War.
(d) Peace.

9. Who comes into the scene at the start of this part of the play?
(a) Kinesias.
(b) The Male Leader.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The Old Man.

10. The Chorus of Men talk about how much ___________ they have and that anybody can come to collect it.
(a) Joy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Passion.

11. __________ advances from the Male Chorus to talk about how mighty the man in the story is.
(a) The Commissioner.
(b) The General.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Male Leader.

12. What does the item(s) that Kinesias is wearing signify him as being frustrated about?
(a) The battle to come.
(b) The lack of food.
(c) The lack of peace.
(d) The lack of sex.

13. Who makes way for the women, the Athenians and the Spartans to leave the temple?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) The slave.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The Old Man.

14. What is the slave carrying when the scene begins in this part of the play?
(a) Milk.
(b) Baby.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wine.

15. The Chorus of Women notes that ____________ might not actually be able to find anything if they come to look.
(a) Other women.
(b) Children.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that Myrrhine runs back and forth to fetch from the temple?

2. One of the Spartans speaks in a long verse that praises _________________.

3. Who does Kinesias want to see when he approaches the building and Lysistrata?

4. The women begin to offer Lysistrata excuses why they need to be __________ instead of there.

5. The male figure in the men's story is a ______________ who goes out to live in the forest.

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